Here is where the game really starts - crash landing into Peru on the hunt for Trinity once again. The only problem is that this dagger has the power to bend the world to the user's will if paired with another artifact, and so it's a race against time to find Dominguez before it's too late. Pedro Dominguez rocks up to threaten her with armed goons and take the dagger for himself. At the beginning it would certainly seem that way as well, as within the first hour or so Lara recovers an ancient dagger, only to realise that in her haste she's brought about an apocalyptic event that devastates everything in its path.īut as per usual those pesky Trinity bad guys won't let our Lara raid in peace, and Dr. In fact, the entirety of the marketing campaign for Shadow of the Tomb Raider seems to suggest in no small way that the stakes have been raised and that this will truly be an epic finale to this trilogy, five years after we were first introduced to this more down-to-earth Croft. Because, you know, all those tombs we visited in the other two games didn't really count. Now the final piece of this origin trilogy has fallen into place, with Shadow of the Tomb Raider billed by new developer Eidos Montreal as Lara Croft's "defining moment" the point where she finally becomes the Tomb Raider. Primary play on PlayStation 4.Lara Croft has been shooting and looting tombs for over 20 years now, but in 2013 Crystal Dynamics and Square Enix decided to throw us back to the beginning of the story as we witnessed the birth of the Tomb Raider, a narrative which continued with 2015's Rise of the Tomb Raider. Review copy of game provided by publisher. This is still one of the best games of last year, and the enhancements make it one of the best looking games to come out in a while. Thankfully this isn’t a quick or cheap port that does a disservice to the original experience. ![]() Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition has the luxury of being the first disc-based release for these new consoles in a while, meaning starving gamers are sure to snag it up even those that have already taken to Lara’s adventure. ![]() I just feel it could have come in a bit lower, and snagged a lot more people looking to take a second trip through this adventure. Still for anyone who has yet to experience Lara’s rebirth, the package is certainly worth the price tag. It is much easier to buy a game a second time if the price is a bit lower. It is especially hard to swallow for those looking to double-dip. I think Tomb Raider is an amazing experience, but dealing it out at full retail is hard for a game that is nearly a year old. The one area I get hung up on this version of the game though, is its price tag. This is much more than a re-skinned HD upgrade, this game now looks even more amazing than it did last year and that is impressive. Also, console owners are now finally treated to the glory of TressFX with Lara’s insanely flowing hair – all of this now running at a rock solid frame rate, with the PS4 version standing out with its buttery smooth 60 frames per second. Love it or hate it, it now features more expression alongside the texture changes to environmental effects. Lara herself has also received an upgrade in her face model. Trees sway in the wind, and rain/mud effects on Lara herself have received an upgrade that simply looks stunning on these new consoles. What stands out from the already impressive PC version is just how alive the environments feel now. Somehow the Definitive Version manages to look even better, and for those that originally checked it out on 360/PS3, the changes are night and day. I played through the original release on a high-end PC, and it looked fantastic. Of course the biggest change to this version of the game is how it looks. Kinect will even let players grab treasures and lean to change camera angles during cut scenes, but I quickly shut all of these features off, as it did not enhance the experience at all. These feel like unnecessary additions again only to pad a feature set. Voice commands now let players shout weapons to equip them, as well as saying ‘resume’ to unpause the action. To mark another checkbox, Crystal Dynamics has also tossed in support for both cameras. ![]() Sadly, the competitive online mode still feels like an afterthought, making the additional content little more than a bullet point. The rest of the DLC comes in the form of weapon attachments and maps for the novel multiplayer mode. All of Lara’s outfits are also unlocked from the start, which was a nice touch. The Definitive Version comes packed with all the currently released DLC, but that only includes one single player tomb.
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